Adapting and Coping with the help of Nature
–Adapting and Coping with the Help of Nature Nature is not well-defined. It offers challenges not found in the classroom, or in video games, or on the baseball field. There is no answer key in nature, no cheat codes or levels, no winning and losing. There are no trophies or badges given out by the […]
Swapping a Tremec TKX Transmission to Front Shift the Easy Way (without splitting the case!)
–A new TKX Transmission for the Monte Carlo This car has a split bench seat so I wanted to move the shifter up to the forward position–of course you have to buy a $400-$500 shifter in order to do this. I bought the cheapest kit I could find off EBay. It looks like a […]
Shelter, Safety, and the Storm that Took them Both.
“The whole thing felt surreal, almost dreamlike—only the fatigue in my arms and shoulders reminded me that it wasn’t a dream. Once we reached the point at the end of the island, we aimed back into the waves and made for the opposite shore, upwind of where the boat launch should be. Once we could see the shore, we spun the canoe so the wind was behind us, and blew down the lake until we spotted the stone wall near the launch. My friend pulled the canoe ashore while I ran to the parking area to get my car. I felt relieved, thinking that the hard part was over—we just had to make a call.”
How to tell if you’re a mindless partisan
“Would a person who identifies themselves as “progressive” be more likely or less likely to agree with someone, if that someone was the host of a Fox News show? Most likely, they’d have their mind made up already when they turned on the channel.”
The Darkness of the Outer Cape
“…On the beaches of Rhode Island and Connecticut, there’s always some ambient light from the neighboring towns and cities. On the Outer Cape–that narrow spit of land jutting out into the Atlantic–there’s not much development. In the low light, eyesight takes a back seat to the other senses.”